Where does “zabbeleg” come from?

zabbeleg (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish -eg, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

zabbeleg (Luxembourgish): fidgety, restless; wriggly

Definitions

  1. fidgety, restless; wriggly

Ancestry of “zabbeleg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgish-eg-y, forming adjectives from nouns or verb stems
2Old High German-ig—
3Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
4Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →